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Episode 82 – Yes QI Part 4 – Yes Complete Deluxe Edition

It was complete at the time...almost
It was complete at the time…almost

The eighty-second episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring some quite interesting things about the Yes Complete Deluxe Edition score book.

Listen and then let me know if agree with my assessment of the book by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • Do we need a book of scores?
  • Are all the parts played by all musicians included?
  • Is it ‘complete’?

 

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Episode 68 – My programmes

Four great shows (click to enlarge)
Four great shows (click to enlarge)

The sixty-eighth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the programmes I have collected from Yes shows.

Listen and see if you have any similar Yes programmes then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • What can we learn about the state of the band at the time from the programmes?
  • Are all programmes created equal?
  • What makes for a satisfying Yes programme?
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Episode 67 – The Yes Alphabet – ‘G’

...brought to you by the letter, 'G'.
…brought to you by the letter, ‘G’.

The sixty-seventh episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the letter, ‘G’.

Listen and see if all your letter ‘F’ choices are included, then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • Which albums and songs begin with ‘G’?
  • Are there any important ‘G’ Yes concepts?
  • What have I missed out?
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Episode 62 – Start as you mean to go on?

Openings then and now…

The sixty-second episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the opening tracks of all the studio albums’.

Listen and see if all you agree with my assessment of the way in which each album begins, then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • Does the band use the same approach to all opening tracks?
  • Does the opening track always set the scene for the rest of the album?
  • Are all opening tracks equally as successful?

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Episode 51 – The Yes Alphabet – ‘C’

…brought to you by the letter, ‘C’.

The fifty-first episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the letter, ‘B’.

Listen and see if your letter ‘B’ choices are included. Then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • Which tracks and aspects begin with ‘C’?
  • What links Yes with classical composers such as Vaughan Williams and Brahms?
  • Is Tales from Topographic Oceans the definition of the concept album?